Creative toddler day

My boy loves to paint, lets just say it's a family thing (my Dad is also a creative mind).

Today we have been having ALOT of creative fun, as I type the house looks like a can of paint exploded!

Just for fun, here are some great snaps of Oak at work (we have had a couple of changes of tops due to excessive paint!!)

Paint shakers

Paint monster

Apple butterflys

Apple prints

Shaker paintings drying

Being an artist is EXHAUSTING

Now it's time for his mama to get to work whilst he sleeps!

I hope to be able to post my finished work very soon.

A sad day

A very sad day. Where the Wild things are is one of my favorite books, and Maurice Sendak was one of my favorite illustrators.

Tonight I will read it to Oakley (again).

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/maurice-sendak-dead-where-wild-things-author-83-131056958.html

For those babywearers out there, this is a must watch.

It has really made my morning :-)

Mrs. Peterson, a Canadian mother, shares her research on various baby carriers found around the world.

http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/lifestyle/homemaking/homemaking-general/baby-toting-in-1963.html

The stresses of working at home

I often find it hard to work at home. Since Oakley came along I don't have studio anymore, and so I get a lot of interruptions.

Today I came up with a great idea how to indicate to the rest of the family when I am at work :–)

Kissing

Spotted this on top of a canal boat 

whilst out for a walk with the family today

Healing our heart from within

Sneak pic of a painting I finished a few days ago. I just have to have it scanned and I'm ready to go for selling prints.

She is called 'Healing heart'.

I hope you all like her as much as I do.

 You can pre-order prints of her, she is oversized A3, £18 plus p&p

Return to blogging and Juno magazine

After a long hiatus, I have set my mind to get back to blogging.

SOoooo what have I been up to?

I've been spending some time focusing on my design work
www.ashapearsedesign.com

I've been doing some work with the fabulous 'Juno' magazine. I was asked to illustrate two magazine articles.

I was so excited as I am a big fan of their magazine. I can't recommend it enough, if you haven't come across the magazine before, you should take a look.
http://www.junomagazine.com/

Here are the illustrations:

 This piece was for an article on Healing Therapies and was featured in the Winter edition.

This piece was for a story about Brother Sun, Sister Moon.

I have enjoyed working with Saffia and Jackie at Juno, it has been a wonderful experience, and I hope there will be more to come.